Beartrap 2011

When the Taj Mahal Trio exits stage left, Beartrap Summer Festival 2011 will officially be over, and it has definitely been one for the history books. The bands, the vendors, the workshops, the food, and yes...the people- they have all made up one of, if not the best Beartrap Festival ever...

This weekend, you've seen posts about the bands (obviously), the kids, the umbrellas, the cribs, the dogs, and more. What have you may not know, is that you wouldn't have seen any of that had Beartrap Summer Festival 2011 not happened. And Beartrap Summer Festival 2011 would not have happe…

Johnny Cash. Elvis Costello. Eric Clapton. Dustin Kensrue. These are the men that define a certain style of music. But, it's more than just a style of music. It's an attitude, a lifestyle. It's folk music, but it's so much more. It's blues, rock, pop, classical, and more all rolled into one. It's a …

Every year, thousands of people come and go from the mountain during Beartrap Summer Festival. However, a smaller set of nature & music lovers actually take up residence in and around our fair meadow. From luxury motorcoaches to good old-fashioned tents and tarps, they all have o…

If you were to look across the meadow at Beartrap Summer Festival 2011, you would see a plethora of different kinds of people. Older folks, younger folks, musicians, hippies, yuppies, girls in bikinis, guys looking at girls in bikinis, and more...

If you payed close attention to Cowboy Troy's list of items that everyone should bring to Beartrap, then you no doubt remembered to pack along an umbrella. Some folks, however - as has become a bit of a tradition here at the "Trap" - decided to go a little overboard with their…

Though they're not actually from Boulder (more like mid-Denver?...ish?), the only negative one could say about Boulder Acoustic Society is that they were somewhat dishonest about their namesake. Everything else about them just...rocks.

In a lucky turn of events, our cameras stumbled upon members of The Jaspers and Boulder Acoustic Society practicing for what we can only assume will be an on-stage collaboration. Watch the video for a sneak peek at that practice session!